Ranking football clubs by the dominant eigenvector of the normalized points-won matrix.

World 1970-77

1971-78 ›

EP Pts W D L GF GA GP PR
1 West Germany 14.8363 77 23 8 2 71 27 33 2
2 Poland 9.5860 60 18 6 5 58 23 29 8
3 Brazil 9.1493 58 18 4 3 58 16 25 10
4 Netherlands 6.7777 77 24 5 6 93 28 35 1
5 Italy 5.8862 68 19 11 5 61 25 35 5
6 East Germany 4.3642 54 15 9 6 57 25 30 14
7 Czechoslovakia 3.7158 47 14 5 8 50 30 27 22
8 England 3.3595 54 16 6 6 49 21 28 15
9 Yugoslavia 3.1292 51 14 9 10 52 36 33 21
10 Soviet Union 2.6775 57 17 6 8 45 24 31 11
11 Iran 2.3826 72 23 3 2 46 13 28 3
12 Scotland 2.3732 41 12 5 6 29 20 23 32
13 Spain 2.2754 41 11 8 4 37 19 23 29
14 Belgium 2.1326 57 17 6 10 46 28 33 12
15 Romania 1.9360 45 12 9 7 54 30 28 25
16 Sweden 1.6596 52 15 7 10 44 35 32 19
17 Hungary 1.5185 51 14 9 6 60 33 29 20
18 Austria 1.5087 45 13 6 6 54 24 25 24
19 Mexico 1.5061 60 18 6 3 53 19 27 9
20 Wales 1.4034 30 9 3 10 26 22 22 42
21 Turkey 1.2212 30 8 6 10 24 31 24 43
22 Peru 1.0893 39 12 3 7 39 23 22 34
23 Bulgaria 1.0486 40 10 10 8 48 37 28 33
24 Portugal 1.0047 41 11 8 5 37 25 24 31
25 Uruguay 0.9207 23 6 5 8 17 20 19 55
26 Argentina 0.8485 21 6 3 5 35 18 14 59
27 Northern Ireland 0.8475 30 8 6 10 30 23 24 41
28 Greece 0.7258 17 4 5 11 22 34 20 67
29 Israel 0.6367 22 6 4 3 18 8 13 56
30 France 0.6044 27 7 6 7 27 23 20 46
31 Chile 0.5960 20 5 5 5 17 14 15 61
32 Kuwait 0.5914 52 16 4 10 43 30 30 18
33 South Korea 0.5866 45 11 12 6 37 22 29 26
34 Colombia 0.5544 26 7 5 5 15 15 17 48
35 Switzerland 0.4834 28 8 4 10 22 24 22 45
36 Paraguay 0.4057 16 4 4 4 16 13 12 71
37 Australia 0.3497 41 11 8 7 41 26 26 30
38 Ireland 0.3496 19 5 4 11 20 31 20 64
39 Iceland 0.3453 8 2 2 14 7 49 18 92
40 Iraq 0.2605 42 12 6 5 37 21 23 27
41 North Korea 0.2365 16 4 4 3 20 16 11 70
42 Albania 0.2295 7 2 1 9 8 22 12 93
43 Norway 0.2144 16 5 1 16 22 53 22 73
44 Haiti 0.2104 42 12 6 5 38 27 23 28
45 Trinidad and Tobago 0.2097 26 7 5 5 38 26 17 47
46 Denmark 0.1691 11 3 2 17 21 50 22 83
47 Malaysia 0.1661 32 9 5 5 31 17 19 40
48 Finland 0.1658 12 3 3 18 18 66 24 81
49 Syria 0.1651 15 4 3 6 12 17 13 77
50 Bolivia 0.1516 13 4 1 11 14 45 16 79
51 Morocco 0.1455 47 12 11 9 46 40 32 23
52 China 0.1391 16 5 1 3 16 8 9 69
53 Canada 0.1260 19 5 4 5 18 18 14 63
54 Egypt 0.1050 70 21 7 10 70 51 38 4
55 Luxembourg 0.1011 4 1 1 22 12 87 24 103
56 Cambodia 0.0943 11 3 2 5 17 21 10 82
57 Guinea 0.0873 68 19 11 9 64 46 39 6
58 Thailand 0.0809 25 7 4 10 41 41 21 50
59 Honduras 0.0803 15 3 6 5 18 22 14 76
60 Nigeria 0.0763 54 15 9 8 53 38 32 17
61 Ecuador 0.0746 4 0 4 8 8 27 12 102
62 Zambia 0.0731 54 16 6 12 60 44 34 16
63 Sudan 0.0656 29 8 5 6 25 22 19 44
64 Guatemala 0.0641 25 6 7 7 30 24 20 49
65 Hong Kong 0.0634 22 6 4 14 38 56 24 58
66 Congo Kinshasa 0.0607 63 19 6 14 69 54 39 7
67 Congo 0.0604 39 11 6 11 44 45 28 35
68 Ivory Coast 0.0541 56 17 5 10 53 44 32 13
69 Cuba 0.0540 17 4 5 3 13 12 12 66
70 Lebanon 0.0540 6 2 0 3 6 10 5 96
71 Costa Rica 0.0529 15 3 6 4 18 16 13 74
72 Tunisia 0.0516 37 10 7 7 38 28 24 36
73 El Salvador 0.0495 16 4 4 8 18 27 16 72
74 Ghana 0.0451 34 10 4 10 33 27 24 38
75 Mali 0.0449 33 9 6 2 34 24 17 39
76 Singapore 0.0420 10 3 1 4 12 10 8 85
77 Indonesia 0.0419 22 6 4 9 28 31 19 57
78 Cameroon 0.0415 36 11 3 7 34 27 21 37
79 New Zealand 0.0368 23 6 5 4 32 20 15 54
80 Saudi Arabia 0.0328 13 4 1 5 15 12 10 78
81 Malta 0.0304 4 1 1 22 5 83 24 104
82 Algeria 0.0258 25 7 4 7 22 23 18 51
83 Japan 0.0254 8 2 2 8 8 17 12 91
84 Jordan 0.0244 4 1 1 3 3 8 5 99
85 United States 0.0234 6 1 3 5 9 17 9 98
86 Cyprus 0.0198 3 1 0 23 6 80 24 108
87 Senegal 0.0194 18 5 3 6 13 18 14 65
88 Suriname 0.0169 21 6 3 7 33 31 16 60
89 Bahrain 0.0165 6 2 0 5 9 10 7 94
90 Togo 0.0162 17 3 8 10 15 32 21 68
91 Kenya 0.0162 24 6 6 9 21 25 21 53
92 Venezuela 0.0162 1 0 1 7 3 34 8 117
93 Uganda 0.0157 24 7 3 10 26 28 20 52
94 Netherlands Antilles 0.0112 2 0 2 5 5 28 7 110
95 Qatar 0.0079 10 3 1 6 8 17 10 86
96 Panama 0.0057 4 1 1 4 7 21 6 101
97 Madagascar 0.0056 6 2 0 2 6 9 4 95
98 Ethiopia 0.0050 20 5 5 11 21 36 21 62
99 Tahiti 0.0046 10 3 1 1 8 4 5 84
100 Central African Republic 0.0043 9 3 0 3 9 8 6 88
101 Libya 0.0042 4 1 1 8 2 14 10 100
102 Tanzania 0.0041 9 1 6 4 11 19 11 89
103 Mauritius 0.0038 15 3 6 8 23 27 17 75
104 Sierra Leone 0.0036 12 3 3 6 16 20 12 80
105 Somalia 0.0021 6 2 0 2 3 7 4 97
106 Lesotho 0.0013 2 0 2 4 2 15 6 109
107 Gabon 0.0011 1 0 1 5 6 13 6 113
108 Jamaica 0.0009 1 0 1 3 1 6 4 111
109 Guyana 0.0007 3 1 0 3 5 10 4 106
110 Burundi 0.0007 3 1 0 3 2 6 4 105
111 Niger 0.0007 9 3 0 7 10 21 10 90
112 Dahomey 0.0004 1 0 1 7 2 20 8 116
113 Upper Volta 0.0003 1 0 1 5 3 17 6 114
114 Afghanistan 0.0003 1 0 1 5 3 18 6 115
115 Malawi 0.0001 1 0 1 3 3 9 4 112
116 New Caledonia 0 9 3 0 2 10 6 5 87
116 New Hebrides 0 3 1 0 4 5 11 5 107
116 South Vietnam 0 0 0 0 4 1 10 4 118
116 Fiji 0 0 0 0 4 2 13 4 119
116 Taiwan 0 0 0 0 4 1 17 4 120
116 Antigua and Barbuda 0 0 0 0 4 3 22 4 121
116 Brunei 0 0 0 0 6 1 46 6 122

EigenPoints, Points, Wins, Draws, Losses, GoalsFor, GoalsAgainst, GamesPlayed, PointsRank.

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Includes all competitive matches during the eight-year window: Qualifying and final tournament matches of the World Cup and the continental championships of FIFAs confederations, and the Confederations Cup.
Matches decided on penalties are treated as ties.